Senior Staff Nurse

Working with CHAS provides a unique opportunity to support children and families to make the most of their precious time together; as a team, we make extraordinary things happen every day.

Our children’s palliative care nurses report great satisfaction in being able to provide high quality nursing care in a supportive team with exciting career development opportunities.

Some of the benefits you can expect to receive from working with CHAS:

The opportunity to pay into an existing NHS scheme or membership of local government pension scheme

Enhanced pay for unsocial hours and overtime

Generous annual leave entitlement (matched to current service-based enhanced entitlement with NHS, up to a maximum of 40 days)

Ability to provide 1:1 nursing care in a more relaxed and homely environment

Opportunities for further learning and development

Access to a range of tools to support wellbeing

The opportunity to work within an experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team which includes volunteers

Commitment to support clinical skills to enable development and support collaborative working across all health and social care settings.

Free onsite parking

What we need you to bring

First level registered nurse, all applicants will need to provide a valid UK NMC pin.

Highly experienced in a nursing role, working with children, young people and their families.

Experience of prioritising a busy workload, acting as a role model for the team and demonstrating strong leadership skills

Commitment to delivering care with empathy and compassion.

It would be great if you also had:

Experience in working with children who have complex or life-limiting conditions

Up to date mandatory training

Further information and how to apply

If this sounds like you, we would love you to hear from you!

You can read more information about the role in the attached job description.

This is a full-time position: 37.5 hours per week (3 x 12.5 hour shifts worked on a rota basis).

For an informal chat about the position please contact the Senior Charge Nurse on duty at Robin House, please call 01389 722055.

For any queries regarding the recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment team on 0131 444 3293 or by email at .

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check (children and protected adults).

Interviews are provisionally planned for 28 September 2026.

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